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Literature Terms*
Literature Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| rhetoric | the art of writing and speaking |
| nonfriction | non necessarily true because there is different perspective |
| narration | ex. journal, fun stories, diaries |
| exposition | exposing or revealing facts |
| persuasion | use rule of logic to argue |
| What are the kind of genres? | autobiography/biography, chronicle, diary, letter, essay, sermon, speech |
| chronicle | records of events. ex. yearbook, newspaper |
| diary | daily entries of events |
| letter | a way to corespond to each other |
| sermon | speech, oral presentation, allow to talk in fragment. Narrow view |
| speech | like a sermon but more open to different point of views |
| classification/division | find a the subjects qualities and organize those qualities into groups. Must have at least 3 quality to classify |
| cause and effect | show relationship. Predict what will happen |
| compare and contrast | find the similarities and difference |
| process analysis | how something happen. "how to" "how do" |
| What are the different type of order of importance | chronological, climatic, spatial |
| chronological | the order follows a timeline. |
| climatic | the order began with the least important events then build up to the big boom |
| spatial | (blank) |
| What are the figures of rhetoric | anecdote, digression/aside, concession, apostrophe |
| anecdote | personal experience |
| digression/aside | background information which is unncessary, but it helps clarity the story |
| concession | recognizing/giving someone credit |
| apostrophe | talking to an object or subject who doesn't talk back |
| refutation | You're right on this point BUT you are wrong on......... (when you tell someone they are wrong) |
| analogy | comparsion. Comparing something that is confusing to the reader with something that the reader will understand |
| similie | has the words, "Like" and "As" |
| personification | giving human characteristics to non human things |
| synechdoche | ex. "Get your butt over here", "Lean me your ears" (talking about a part of your body instead of the whole) |
| metonymy | a nickname that reveals the character |
| What are the figures of speech? | analogy, personification, synechdoche, metonymy, euphemism, pun, allusion, images vs. details, symbol |
| pun | play on words |
| allusion | reference to outside source |
| images vs. details | images: sensory description (smell, touch, tease, sight, sound) |
| details | describing selection of sections in details |
| symbol | a real object which represents an idea, belief, characterisitics |
| motif | when symbol is repeated in the same or different way |
| archtype | universal symbol (earth is mother, black is evil) |
| How is symbol divided? | motif and archtype |
| How is analogy divided? | metaphor and similie |
| attitude | the way ou feel |
| tone | the way feelings are expressed |
| purpose | motivating factor for writing nonfriction |
| theme | motivating factor for writing friction |
| point of view | perspective |
| mood/atmosphere | overall feeling |
| shift | change in time, feeling, perspective, ect. |
| style | How a writer uses tone, attitude, mood, shift, etc. |
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